The ghetto on the lagoon

Sixteenth-century Venice wanted to expel its Jews but couldn’t do without them. Its compromise was the world’s first ghetto

1516年威尼斯设立世界上第一个“隔都”，把犹太人集中到一座旧铸造厂小岛上。文章追溯这一名称与制度的由来，说明它如何从宗教偏见与经济需求的妥协中产生，并演变为描述各类隔离与排斥的通用词。